Tír Na HiFi

Thinking of upgrading my speakers this year and wanted to elicit some thoughts on best places to audition my shortlist (still in a state of flux, but never mind).

I'll start off by saying I'm a cinema kind of guy so it's 7.1 for me but that should not have much impact on the question.

I was somewhat enamoured with the rave reviews on the GoldenEars Triton 2s but on checking with Cloneys, they don't have them on demo any more. Having a B&W setup at present, I'm inclined towards the B&W CM series and can audition these at Cloneys so all good there.

I'm also interested in the KEF R series (told you I was more movies than music!) and wondered if anyone knows of a good place to hear these? I found hifihut.ie and they seem to stock the whole KEF range. Having never dealt with them before, I would appreciate any experiences there or any insights into anywhere else that might afford an opportunity to listen to these?

Thanks in advance

Peter

Nobody has replied on this Peter and sorry I have no idea on this stuff. The TLS guys are stocking dynaudio speakers and they might be worth a try. They mentioned something about wireless speakers I think in that range.

No worries Tony

Was please with rapid response to my enquiry from HiFiHut. They don't have any of the Kef R range in stock for demo but are enquiring from the manufacturer as to whether a set might be made available.

Hopefully I'll get to hear B&W CM8, CM9 & KEF R based systems over the coming weeks.

I realised this weekend how much I don't belong on this forum - I put my a/v receiver into surround/7d mode for music and found I much preferred it to stereo. Oh dear!

Peter

meep wrote: I realised this weekend how much I don't belong on this forum - I put my a/v receiver into surround/7d mode for music and found I much preferred it to stereo. Oh dear!

I dunno, that's the kind of blue-sky thinking we need around here. I like the cut of your jib!

Can't help on the demoing options. Basically if Cloney Audio don't have it, I never hear it!